A Rosh Chodesh Elul Womens Retreat
in the fields of Tzfat
Rising in Light • Rooted in Eretz Yisrael

We are co-creating something extraordinary…
Not just a retreat, a RETURN…
women infields of Tzfat, timed to align with Rosh Chodesh Elul
a sacred gateway into teshuva, and inner renewal.

As the month of Elul begins and the King walks among the wild grasses, we return to the mystical heights of Tzfat — to reconnect, to reflect, and to be shaped anew.

 Now — with hearts tender
and spirits fierce…
we are saying
YES to our dream.
YES to gathering.
YES to healing.

Every step we take on this land is building Eretz Yisrael.
Because every circle of women, every mitzvah, every Shabbos shared, every hug, every song, every breath … brings more light into the world.

In the hills of Tzfat, under the sky that has seen so many seekers rise, we’ll gather to listen, to weep, to laugh, align, and enTRAIN… As we remember who we are — and Who shapes us.

Come. Take your place in the circle.

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COST

Early Bird Discount till July 17, 2025 
1500 ILS  (In Comment section: Use coupon code "ELUL")
After June 30: 1800 ILS per person

Price includes:

  • All Workshops Thurs-Sun

  • 3 Shabbat Meals (all other meals can be purchased as Tzfat local restaurants).

  • Snacks & Hot / Cold drinks throughout Retreat

Price does NOT include

  • Sleeping accommodations. We are here to help you with your accommodations.
    There are suggested accommodations listed on the registration form.

  • Weekday Meals


    Limited Scholarships Available

We want every woman who needs this retreat to be able to attend — especially those carrying the emotional weight of war and caregiving. We are doing all we can to make this experience accessible through the help of generous sponsors. (Sponsors… see SPONSOR section below.) If cost is a concern, please don’t hesitate to apply. We hope to make this within reach for you. 👉 Click here to register and apply for a scholarship


More Info:
📞 Jennifer: 058-662-5121;
Sheva Chaya: 058-730-1074
✉️ revivaltzfat@gmail.com

Gift yourself with healing

SPA

Gift yourself with healing waters
מקום לנשום in our “Space to breathe”

NOURISH YOUR BODY

ESTHER ELFASSI guides us with a menu of mainly plant-based food for cleansing and clarity:
•Letting go of what no longer serves me
•Making space with A SILENT MEAL

OUR MISSION
• Recovering from War & Re-establishing the North of Israel
• ⁠Healing for Am Yisrael & the World

RevivalTzfat is fostering healing and renewal in Northern Israel by uniting Hebrew- and English-speaking communities through soulful events and creative workshops. From movement and music to learning, breathwork, and celebration

KavConnect is creating space for connection, expression, and presence, radiating the unique light and wisdom of Tzfat to the world.
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Many in our community — especially wives and mothers of soldiers — are carrying deep emotional burdens and PTSD from the war. They need space to breathe, process, and heal.

Donate to our Retreats / Sponsor a Woman in Israel

Give the gift of healing. Sponsor a deserving woman — the mother or wife of a soldier — to attend a KavConnect / Revival Tzfat retreat. Your support brings real comfort, connection, and strength to those holding so much for Am Yisrael.

All efforts are for the merit of Am Yisrael, our soldiers, the safe return of our hostages, and the fulfillment of our purpose: to bring Hashem’s light into the world.

Meditation, Movement & Torah Learning

Sunset Immersion Workshop המלך בשדה -קבעת פגישה?
with
RABBANIT DEVORA BENYAMIN

(in Hebrew with translator)

The King in the Field - Did you make an appointment?

What a dream! We’ll “welcome the Shabbos Queen in the fields of Tzfat, with joy, calm and kavana /intention, and we will learn the DEEPEST depths of Torah

YOGA

ESTHER ELFASSI
THE MASTER YOGA TEACHER IN ISRAEL

A feminine flow, blending gentle movement with focused intentions.

A Pre-Shabbat practice: Enter Shabbat with CALM & INTENTION. A quiet closeness of the Creator; soften and open the heart

Listening inward
Creating space for what wants to emerge
Essential oil Therapy

PLUS…
Morning Sunrise Meditation & Shabbat Lite Movement @ the Metzuda


CREATIVITY

SHEVA CHAYA
Ignite your creativity through innner Torah inspiration.

Sheva Chaya will bring live glassblowing and painting into our creative exploration, finding flow and reconnecting to the infinite spark (fire) inside of each of us. our creative journeys will bring connectiont to each other, all of Am Yisael, and they holy land of Israel with joy, insight, healing, and fun.

MEDITATION

Meditation: Returning to the Still, Small Voice
WITH ROCHEL LEAH WEIMAN

In the quiet of the hills of Tzfat, we make space to listen — deeply, gently, truly.

Through guided meditations, breath awareness, and presence practices, we soften the noise of the outer world and attune to the voice within. The voice of the neshamah. The voice of return.

Elul is the time when “the King is in the field.” Meditation helps us enter that field — with stillness, with humility, with open hearts.

This is not about escaping reality — it’s about meeting it with clarity and compassion. It’s about remembering that the Shechinah rests not only in heaven, but in each breath, each heartbeat, each moment we truly come home, to our home / bait / heart.

Ceramics
with DANIEL FLATEUER

כִּי הִנֵּה כַּחֹֽמֶר בְּיַד הַיּוֹצֵר
"Like Clay in the Hand of the Potter"
Ceramics with Daniel Flateuer

This is an immersive ceramics workshop exploring the deep metaphor of the soul as clay in the hands of its Maker. Rooted in the piyut (liturgical poem) כִּי הִנֵּה כַּחֹֽמֶר, this experience will take place in the artist’s studio and offer space for spiritual creativity and introspection.

Hands-On Ceramics: Create your own clay vessel as a meditation on surrender, formation, and divine design.

  • Creative Reflection: Guided journaling and discussion centered on the metaphors in the piyut — Which metaphor speaks most to you? The potter, the glassblower, the weaver? Why?

  • Spiritual Connection: Tap into the unique energy of Elul and Tzfat to encounter Hashem through the act of making.

Let your hands move in rhythm with your heart. Let the material teach you something about being molded, broken, and made whole again.

HaTeva Hamichav Hamirapeh

NATURE THERAPY WITH
MASKIT BEN-MOSHE

Come home to your inner mishkan — your sacred dwelling place.
Through nature-based healing, breathwork, and deep listening, we soften the heart, ground into rhythm, and reconnect to the Divine within.

We’ll create sacred space together — in the earth, in the body, and in relationship. You are the mishkan. The Shechinah dwells in you.

💫 Experience entrainment — aligning body, soul, and the Land
🌿 Connect with the energetic field of the Melech BaSadeh (The King in the Field)
✨ Explore the fusion of Ohr Makif and Ohr Pnimi — surrounding and inner light, merging as one. Ychud.

TEFILLA

TORAH LEARNING- BITACHON WITH
JEN AIRLEY

Jen, with her husband Rob and family made Aliyah from NY to Ramat bet Shemesh in 2006.
As an exercise physiologist by degree, she generally spends her days seeing clients, instructing exercise classes to women of all ages including the blind and deaf populations, mountain biking instructor to teens and EMT volunteer with MDA.
The Airley family’s lives have forever been changed and charged when the Ribono Shel Olam took their Binyamin to be with Him on ה’ כסלו, November 18th.
Since then, Jen has been traveling, sharing their family’s passionate love for Eretz Yisrael, Am Yisrael and Torat Eretz Yisrael. Together they also founded Beit Binyamin, a retreat center in Tzfat, aiming to give respite, recovery and rejuvenation to those directly affected by the war.

ROSH CHODESH HALLEL

Experience Hallel with Tehilla & the women of Tzfat

Experience an immersion… 
of stillness
IN THE FIELDS OF TZFAT



TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (Subject to Change)

Thursday Aug 21 / 27 Av 

  • 1 pm Welcome 

  • 1:30-3 pm Opening Circle - Rochel Leah

  • 3-4:30 pm YOGA & ART EXPERIENTIAL THE ENERGETIC FIELD / EMBODYING TESHUVA: Balanced, focused, healing inspirational to awaken the body with new possibilities with Sheva Chaya & Esther

  • 4:30-6 Dinner (at local Tzfat restaurant of your choice)

  • 6:30-8:30 pm Sunset Immersion Workshop המלך בשדה -קבעת פגישה? The King in the Field - Did you make an appointment? (in Hebrew with translator); Finally experience the the King IN the field through Meditation, Movement & Torah Learning in the Field - Rabbanit Devorah Benyamin

  • (Optional) Tea & Music / Journaling / Sharing in Gallery

    Fri August 22 / 28 Av


  • 6:30-8 (tentative) Sunrise Tefilla and Learning with Jen Airley @ Beit Benyamin

  • 9-11 Ceramics with Daniel Flatauer: Like Clay in the Hand of the Potter / KeChomer B'Yad HaYotzer. An immersive creative experience in the Artist Studio Daniel will guide us in creative process relating to the metaphor of the tefila comparing our relationship with H’ to material in the hands of many types of craftspeople. Journaling / Reflecting: The Tefilla Which is your favorite metaphor and why?

  • 1:30-12:30 Challah Experiential Workshop / Niggunim / Sound Healing

  • 1-4  Break for lunch / spa time / massage/ prepare for Shabbot

  • 4-6  pm A Pre-Shabbat practice: Enter Shabbat with CALM & INTENTION. A quiet closeness of the Creator; soften and open the heart with Esther Elfassi; Listening inward / Creating space for what wants to emerge / Essential oil Therapy

  • 6:45 Candle-lighting 

  • 7 pm Kabbalat Shabbat in the Lowenthal Gallery with Rivka Leah Lowenthal

  • 8:30 PM Dinner

    Shabbat Aug 23 / 29 Av

  • 8:30-10 am Morning Sunrise Meditation & Shabbat Lite Movement @ the Metzuda

    Esther: A feminine flow, blending gentle movement with focused intentions.

  • 10 am Tefilla in Shul of your choice; AQM begins at 10

  • 1:30 pm Shabbat Seuda Lunch at Circles of Giving Lunch at Circles of Giving (requires walking a lot of steps) / Mindful eating Meditation / Silent Meal

  • 
4-6 pm Shabbat Rest


  • 6:30 pm Seuda Shelishit @Sheva Chaya’s Gallery / Learning with Sheva Chaya 


  • 9-11 pm Melava Malka / Rosh Chodesh Malchut Workshop- Creating Ourselves
    Envisioning… moving forward with light… movement and meditation, breathwork Esther Elfassi sychronized with  Sheva Chaya  Fire workshop with glass blowing
    / Journaling

    Sunday Aug 24 / Rosh Chodesh Elul

  • 9-10:30 am Yoga with Esther Elfassi / Journaling: What part of me is ready to be seen, held, or returned to?

  • 11 am Rosh Chodesh Womens Hallel with Israeli Tzfat women / Lunch

  • 1:30-3:30 pm Hike & Nature Therapy / hateva hamichav hamirapeh with Maskit (requires walking / hiking)
    HaSadeh: Being present in an energetic field)/ We will be creating a healing space: the nature merkava

  • 3:30-5 Closing Circle

Meet the Team

  • Esther Elfassi

    WORKSHOP: Sensing the Earth: A Journey through the 5 Senses through Gentle Yoga, Breath, Meditation, Essential oils & Journaling.
    Esther is the Master Yoga Teacher’s Teacher in Israel… She will guide us in dynamic yoga flow as we honor the journey of of Elul, burst forth into life.

    Through movement and mindful breath we will explore the courage it takes to surrender and let go, sighing altogether as one... (like trees in a forest whisper with their branches and leaves as the wind rushes through)

    We will focuses on grounding foundations while encouraging inner growth, inspiring you to embrace both changes and possibilities. Rooted in Stillness... “A journey into Yin” Slow down and sink deeply into this yin yoga practice, where we focus on rooting ourselves to the earth field ... using deep steady breathing. Contact: 055 6668130

  • Sheva Chaya

    ART WORKSHOPS

    fter receiving her degree in Visual arts and Art History from Princeton University in 1997, Sheva Chaya made Aliyah to Tzfat, Israel, where the land, the people, and the rich tradition of spiritual teachings infused  a greater depth to her work.

    Sheva Chaya works in the medium of borosilicate glass and watercolor paint. Her art touches the themes of the Land of Israel, Jewish women, Torah and Kaballah, great mystics, and inner light. She leads various workshops and retreats, and teaches both painting and glassblowing.

    Her love of learning creating, healing, yoga, breathwork, and experiencing nature inspire many as her workshops integrate exalted creative and spiritual experiences into day-to-day life.

    To see more of Sheva Chaya’s work: www.shevachaya.com https://www.facebook.com/theglassblower.oftzfat/ https://www.instagram.com/shevachaya/

  • Rochel Leah Weiman

    TORAH & JEWISH MEDITATION
    Rochel Leah’s teachings blend Torat Hanefesh (the Torah of the soul) with Torat HaGuf, embodied practice, using movement, breathwork, and meditation, to help women awaken to the Shechina / Divine presence within themselves.

    Rochel Leah is the Director of KavConnect Events Intl., kavconnect.com, supporting women with experiential practice, with a focus on the Land of Israel / Eretz Yisrael since 2007. Through retreats, shabbatons, workshops and seminars, she facilitates group bonding and authentic connection.

    She is the director of Director, Shaar L'Neshama School of Inner Torah & Jewish Meditation for Women www.kavconnect.com/shaarlneshamaschool.  She was the Director of the Elevation Project’s Teacher Training for Jewish Meditation from 2018-2023. Rochel Leah can be reached at kavconnect@gmail.com

  • Rabbanit Devora Benyamin

    Rabbanit Devora Benyamin s the visionary founder and spiritual guide of אור פשוט בית מדרש נשי  Ohr Pashut Bat Medrash for Women in Tzfat, where ancient wisdom and modern soul-work meet. With a heart deeply rooted in the teachings of Rabbi Nachman, Rav Kook, etc., she invites each woman to access the depth and sweetness of the inner Torah — not just as knowledge, but as personal, transformational truth.

    Through her leadership, the Torah becomes not only something we study — but something we feel, move through, and ultimately become.

    In her signature Elul workshops and immersive experiences, Rabbanit Devorah brings to life the powerful image of “HaMelech BaSadeh” — The King is in the Field. With her guidance, this isn’t just a concept — it’s an invitation. Through her integrative approach, women begin to feel the closeness of Hashem in their own bodies, emotions, and daily lives.

    Under her gentle and passionate direction, women from all walks of life come to learn, to heal, and to remember who they are.

  • Jen Airley

    Jen, with her husband Rob and family made Aliyah from NY to Ramat bet Shemesh in 2006.

    The Airley family's lives have forever been changed and charged when the Ribono Shel Olam took their Binyamin to be with Him on ה' כסלו, November 18th, as he was fighting to defend our people and our land.

    Since then, Jen has been traveling, sharing their family's passionate love for Eretz Yisrael, Am Yisrael and Torat Eretz Yisrael. Together they also founded Beit Binyamin, a retreat center in Tzfat, aiming to give respite, recovery and rejuvenation to those directly affected by the war.
    Beitbinyamin.org

  • Maskit Ben-Moshe / NATURE THERAPY

    Maskit will be facilitating Hollistic Healing Therapy to release & enhanced vitality בעיה; Research confirms that connecting with the natural world can reduce stress and anger, and support nervous system regulation. It can also have a positive impact on self-esteem, emotional and behavioral health, cognition, and physical wellbeing.

    She will lead us to deepen your own relationship with the natural world, so you can move from a place of embodied connection with nature and feel more grounded, centered, and confident

  • Daniel Flatauer

    MASTER POTTER
    UK-born potter Daniel Flatauer works in the English studio pottery tradition, producing tableware, kitchenware and Judaica that is both functional and extraordinarily beautiful. https://www.zissil.com/topics/Daniel-Flatauer-Ceramics-Studio-Safed

  • Rebecca Lowenthal

    Rebecca Loewenthal has been leading Kabbalat Shabbat Tefilla for women and girls (and little kids coming with their mom’s). She loves to sing, dance, make art and craft that beautify and exemplify the Inner Lights of Torah and the world, connecting us to each other, to our true selves and to the One

  • Tehilla!

    Tehilla Dolonsky leads women’s groups in beautiful unifying inspiring songs, hallel and special occasions for women all over Israel.

WHAT PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING

I cannot thank you enough for the incredible job you did in creating such a beautiful and relaxing retreat. Everything from the peaceful atmosphere to the amazing food and the thoughtfully designed workshops was truly exceptional.
–Sarah

The amount of effort and care the organizers put into every detail was so evident, and it allowed me to fully immerse myself in self-care. I left feeling refreshed, recharged, and more connected to myself. The experience gave me the space to hear my own thoughts, find serenity, and return home as a better mother, more present and energized for my family.
– Nechama Leah

Fantastic teachers who are so professional and very special and talented. I enjoyed with my whole heart the dance, the yoga classes with Esther, who is the best yoga teacher in israel. I felt rebirthed at the meditation workshop this morning women truly felt that we  as spiritual Jewish women are doing our mission to bring Geula consciousness in the world with love, joy and emunah.  I feel rejuvenated and renewed.
- Rivkah

I came to grow my kli (vessel) to receive more kedusha and for relaxation and fun. I have met such beautiful women and just being around them has helped me in all of these desires. The art and movement workshop was such a positive experience, allowing me to laugh and cry and open me up to places I needed to touch and to address. I recommend this retreat to anyone who wants to grow and expand.
- Judy

It was a great way to meet myself and find my powers of healing from within myself. Such a gift to be together to be kind, compassionate, sharing, caring. I deeply appreciate the time and permission to let go, focus within, breathe deeply and consciously, sing, dance, do yoga and listen to the sounds of nature. The voices of teachers, singers and my own still small voice.
–Malka Sarah

Mostly I could let go of judgemental thoughts and allow myself to be fully in my body and with friends. This enabled one to overcome the anxiety and panic attacks I have suffered from.
–Esther

Friendship, connection, healing,
Moments of joy
Moments of grief
Recognition of the sacred in my body
In my embodiment
–Miram Sara

PAINTING: SHEVA CHAYA